Do I Still Look 24?

Today I was out in Gainesville, VA for work (about 50 miles away from home) and I was near a shopping center.  The shopping center had a Running store!!!  (The store was actually called The Running Store!)  I'm running low on GU, so I went in to buy a few packs.

One thing that hit me was that I was really excited about going the Running store - and not to the Best Buy that was there.  A few years ago I would have been all over the Best Buy.  I have definitely turned a corner.

When I went to check out with the GU, the person working there asked if I wanted to be put on their email mailing list.  I gave her my email address - mikefox85 at gmail - and she asked if that was when I was born.  I said, "Yes, that's my birthday," and her response was, "Oh, one of my sons was born in '85 as well."  I thought about that for a moment and then it hit me - she thought that the 85 in my email address was the YEAR I was born - not my birthday - 08/05.  I thanked her for thinking I was still that young, but then clarified that 85 was for August 5 - not 1985...

Is It The Shoes???

My feet are still a bit sore after yesterday's run. Luckily it is just soreness and not an injury, but it is definitely limiting how much I can get around today.

This morning it hit me - how many miles do my shoes have? I checked my running log, and my shoes have 328 miles in them right now. My shoes are usually retired after 350 to 400 miles, so I'm getting close.

So - it's time to start breaking in a new pair of shoes! Luckily, I have them already.

Brooks updated their model of shoe that I wear - from the Glycerin 5 to the Glycerin 6. I really didn't want to switch shoes in the middle of my marathon training plan, so a few weeks ago I checked around at a few stores to see if anyone still had a Glycerin 5 in my size that they were discounting. Metro Run & Walk had one and discounted it 20% for me. I usually like to shop at my neighborhood Fleet Feet, but they were all out of my size on this shoe.

This week, I'll start to do some of my runs in the newer shoes, but I'll do next week's long run in the current pair. By the 20 mile run the week after next, I should be completely in the new shoes.